16 July 2016

Show and Tell.

 Gillian had two lovely little girl quilts for Show.
 Top and Back below.

 I didn't have any new quilts to show so I bought three little Babushka's from my Collection.  Above there are two Babushkas that have something in common and one that is a bit naughty... can you guess which is which?




 This is one of my largest Babushkas, Mooks (An Australian made Children's Wear Company) has 10 dolls in it.

And this little set of Babuakas also has 10 dolls inside... the smallest one being smaller than a grain of rice.  Can you see the lady with the crown on her head is smoking as is the older man!  This is the only set of Babushkas (I have and I do have many 100's of sets),  with smokers in them/on them :-)


So... Bill Clinton must be the naughty Babushka!  Inside we have Monica Lewinsky, inside her we have Gennifer Flower, then Hillary and apparently Bill is fond of playing the Sax!
 If you would like to see Bill Clinton playing the Saxophone, it's HERE on YouTube.

03 July 2016

Eighteen of us enjoyed a fun day at the Blue Gum Pub yesterday, it's amazing just how much noise 18 happy Quilters/Knitters/Crocheters/Stitchers can make on a cold July day!

 Annie and Christine were there... we haven't seen either of these two lovely ladies for a while so it was great to have a bit of a catch up.

 Emma and Jackie were there.

 Glynis and Cath were there...

 Lynne and Liz and Jill were there as well.

 Robyn and Heather were there...

 Penny and Irene were there as well...
Pennie and Rita were there...

 Irene and Maree were there... but you already know Irene was there don't you!   It was lovely to see Maree all the way from Bendigo in Victoria!    Great to meet you Maree!

And... finally but not lastly...  Marilyn and Stephanie were there!

Busy busy handwork!

 Annie's lovely Crochet.

 I think this was Jackie, or was it Glynis working on these Hexies.

 Maree is working on something Magical here....

 I know this is Heather's work.

 And this is Jill's, I wonder what she's up to now?

 Stephanie busy crocheting away.

 Lovely and bright work by Robyn.

I'm up to the first sleeve of this Aran jumper for my DS1 Tomos!
Rita has half a dozen sisters so she's just not sure who she's making this little hanging for :-)

Food Glorious Food!

 Aubergine Pie!
 Lamb Shanks!  About four of our group enjoyed these delicious looking Lamb Shanks yesterday, I had to pop into Colesworth on the way home to buy myself 10 big Lamb Shanks which have now been cooked up following my very favourite recipe!  The one I had for lunch today was just delicious!
 Bacon Pizza??  forgotten exactly what it was but I do know the one below is Pawn Pie!

Crispy Squid.

Show and Wonder Tell...

Cath made this quilt above and made another quilt with the left overs...  Way to go Cath!

Emma made this little quilt to cover a basket and put her big quilt below in the recent Sydney Quilt Show... Well Done Emma!

 Jill put the wonderful quilt in the recent Sydney Quilt Show as well!  Actually lots of our group participated this year.  Well Done to all of you.

 Just look at this exquisite work of art done by Liz!  She makes a lot of amazing stitchery hangings.

 Lovely little Ladybird quilt for a Grandchild made by Rita!  She even quilted Ladybirds on the back.
 And check out his beautiful old Fire Screen bought many years ago by Rita, she has no idea who bought it.

Lovely big crochet rug still in progress by Steph, it is the biggest one she's made... so far!

We made ... 69 Tiny Quilts for Hornsby Hospital... that's SIXTY NINE! with a little help from another local group.

 Incredible, 69 Tiny quilts for poor little babies born at Hornsby Hospital and don't survive.

Great Job Everyone!



19 June 2016

Lovely cosy day at the Hotel Pennant Hills yesterday, lots of lovely SCQuilters working on lots of wonderful handwork.

 Irene and Jill.
 Joy and Heather.
 Lynne and Colleen.
 Brenda, Lissa, Michelle and Loz.
 Michelle and Pennie.

 Penny Naughty Rita and Emma... 
 Penny and good Rita and Emma.
 Rita and Glynis.
Sally and Rhonda.